VHII/Mule for Post-Rock and Post-Metal

[capac]

Cold sweat are actually pretty classic sounding if you will. They are "based" on dirty fingers, trying to replicate the tone of a certain guitarist from the 80s. They are a bit scooped and pretty bright.

Juggs are pretty different.

Nailbomb maybe? It's still warm and organic (A5 version), but it is tight and will not really flop out in low tuning. I'd combine it with VH2 in the neck.

[Lucas]

I would also recommend Cold Sweat set, they are not modern the way you think they are. Plus Cold Sweat neck in darker guitar will have loads of warmth plus it slipts wonderfully and has amazing clean tone. I also split my CS neck. To me it has loads of PAF vibe. I have both CS bridge and neck but in different guitars

Based on personal experience I dont think that Nailbomb (I only have ceramic version) would be good for lower tunings.

[HEadoftheAges]

I would actually recommend the VHII in the neck position, in this case. I had it in the bridge position of my 12-pound mahogany neck-through beast, and it pretty much sucked in every conceivable way. The neck pickup, however, is gorgeous.

The Abraxas and Mule are also great choices for neck pickups. I daresay the Mule is my favorite of the BKP line, so far, for both neck and bridge positions. I currently have an Abraxas set in the aforementioned Mahogabeast, and the neck is excellent. The bridge is...decent. I still think I can do better - it sounds excellent clean, with a jangly, vintage character,but I cannot help but think it sounds a little dry in the bridge position of this particular instrument.

Regards,
Alec

[Dave Sloven]

I still think the Cold Sweat bridge is the way to go here in this guitar.  It is not a very modern sounding pickup.  It is an early '80s sounding pickup.  It kind of has a Judas Priest (Sinner to Screaming for Vengeance) vibe to it. It definitely suits a darker guitar, has good cleans,  good string separation and has just the right amount of tightness and bottom end for what you are doing.

The neck is a matter of taste.  The Cold Sweat neck is good.  If you want something brighter you could try the Holy Diver or Nailbomb neck

[ericsabbath]

Riff Raff bridge/Mule neck + boost pedal (parametric equalizer/compressor or overdrive) has been working pretty well for me for the heavy stuff for years
My guitar also had the alnico nailbomb, ceramic nailbomb, cold sweat, Black dog, Holy diver and aftermath
None sounded better than the riff raff

[lauhcs]

okay, thanks about the comment concerning the vhii in your guitar, i guess if thats the case i'll decide against it. would the output difference between cold sweat and mule be too big? if so i guess i'd tend to the riff raff. i really want the mule as a neck pup :)